单词 | jumbie bird |
释义 | > as lemmasjumbie bird jumbie bird n. Guyana, Trinidad, and Tobago a bird of ill omen, esp. an owl. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > [noun] > of omen night-crowc1350 whistler1590 oscines1621 death bird1820 jumbie bird1827 the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] owleOE howlec1430 mouser1440 howletc1450 nightbirdc1450 owlet1542 night owl1581 jenny-howlet1600 tu-whit tu-whoo1604 Welsh ambassador1608 mouse-catcher1611 Welsh falconera1640 hooter1673 hobhouchin1682 flying-cat1699 houchin1746 jumbie bird1827 1827 Trinidad Guardian 2 Oct. in L. Winer Dict. Eng./Creole Trinidad & Tobago (2009) 475/2 He face tan like Jumbee-bird Owl. 1969 I. McDonald Humming-bird Tree (1992) v. 171 A jumby bird hooted from one of the plum trees along the path of the road. 2011 E. Lovelace Is just Movie 232 The douens with their little children bodies..calling, hoot! Hoot! Hoot, like jumbie birds, as they ran through the forest playing. < as lemmas |
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